Card display device



June 29, 1937. E. ZAKos 2,085,285

CARD DISPLAY DEVI CE Filed Sept. 11, 1936 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 June 29,1937. E. ZAKOS CARD DISPLAY DEVICE Filed Sept. 11, 1956 2 Sheets-Sheet 2Patented June 29, 1937 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE Zakos Menu Holder &Napkin Holder, Inc.,

New York, N. Y., a corporation Application September 11, 1936, SerialNo. 100,375

2 Claims.

This invention relates to improvements in holders for display cards andhas for an object to provide a device of this character which may bereadily attached to a suitable support and as 5 easily removedtherefrom.

A particular object is to provide a holder for menu cards so that thesame may be positioned upon some object in a cafe, particularly a napkindispensing case such as is commonly used in 10 such public eatinghouses.

A further object is to provide such a device which will be attractive inappearance, inexpensive to manufacture, and which may be readily removedfrom its position upon the napkin dis- 15 pensing case for cleaning andpolishing.

With these objects in View I have provided a display card holder whichis illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure l is a front elevation of my device in 20 place upon a napkindispensing case of a preferred type;

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the case with my card holder positionedthereon;

Figure 3 is a front elevation of a case as shown 25 in Figure 1 butprovided with only one card holder, the side presented to view beingillustrative of the latch device to be later described;

Figure 4 is a bottom view showing the operation of the latch device;

Figure 5 is a side elevation of the form shown in Figure 3;

Figure 6 is a rear elevation of the form shown in Figures 3 and 5;

Figure '7 is a front elevation of the napkin dis- 35 pensing caseshowing the application thereto of a diiferent means of mounting themenu card holder; and

Figure 8 is a perspective detail view of the means shown in Figure 7.

Referring particularly to the drawings in which like referencecharacters are used throughout to indicate like parts, I have shown anapkin dispensing case i, the open faces of which are provided withbeveled flanges 2 cut away at 3 in 45 the corners and terminating inrounded ease- I ments 4. The whole is supported on suitable rubber feet5.

The display card holder is adapted particularly to fit the formillustrated in the accompanying drawings but may be formed forassociation with other objects for support while still including thenovel elements disclosed.

The display card holder comprises a body por- 55 tion 6 which asillustrated, is adapted to be positioned upon the bottom face of thenapkin dispensing case, and is appropriately cut away at the corners asshown at 1 in Figure 4 of the drawings, so as to evade the supports 5.The edges of 60 the body portion are rounded as at 8 and extended toform card holding elements 9 which lie adjacent the faces of napkindispensing case. Either one or two such elements 9 are shown in thedifferent forms illustrated in the different views. A hook element I8 isprovided in the form shown in Figures and 6 as struck from the base ofthe card holding element 9 while in the form shown in Figures 1, 2 and 4the hook element I0 is formed on the edge of the body between the cardholding elements. This hook is adapted to engage the lower beveled edge2 in each case.

Pivotally mounted on the body portion at I2 is a bail 13 having aU-shaped extension l4 and a finger engaging element I5 by which the samemay be rotated from the dotted line position shown in Figure 4 to thefull line position shown in the same figure. Pivotally mounted upon theU-shaped extension of the bail at 16 is a latch member ll which passesthrough a strap [8 struck from the edge of the body portion 6. The latchelement terminates in a hook member !9 which is adapted to hook over thelower flange 2 opposite the hook ID.

In Figures 7 and 8 are shown a modified form of element for securing thebody portion 8 to the base of the napkin dispensing case. This formcomprises a strap element 20 which bridges across the body portion 6. Itis provided on its four corners with flexible hook elements 2i pivotallysecured at 22 to upturned flanges 23 upon the strap element 20. andcariies a card clip 9. These hook elements 2| are so formed that theysnap into the cut-away portion 3 of the flanges of the napkin dispensingcase and frictionally engage the rounded easements 4.

While I have disclosed the preferred forms of my invention, it will beunderstood that other and various forms may be used as defined in theappended claims.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with a napkin dispensing case having edge flanges, acard holder comprising a body portion, card holding fingers risingtherefrom adjacent the face of the dispensing case, means to engage anedge fiange, and a movable latch element to engage the opposite flange.

2. In combination with a napkin dispensing casehavingedge flanges, acardholder comprising a body portion, card holding fingers rising therefromadjacent the face of the dispensing case, means to engage an edgeflange, a bail pivoted on the body and having a U-shaped extension and afinger piece, and a latch pivoted on the U- shaped extension at one endand terminating in a hook adapted to engage the opposite edge flange ofthe napkin dispensing case.

EVANGELOS ZAKOS.

